Mass-Observation

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Mass-Observation was a British social research organization founded in 1937 that used diaries, surveys, and observational methods to document the everyday lives and opinions of ordinary people, especially during World War II.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mass Observation 1
Mass-Observation canonical 1
Mass-Observation Archive 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf research project ⓘ
social research organization ⓘ
activeDuring World War II ⓘ
aim record everyday life of ordinary people ⓘ
study public opinion beyond opinion polls ⓘ
archivesAt Mass-Observation Archive ⓘ
linked to: Mass-Observation

University of Sussex ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dataType field notes ⓘ
personal diaries ⓘ
questionnaire responses ⓘ
documented air raids in Britain ⓘ
civilian experience of war ⓘ
consumer habits ⓘ
leisure activities ⓘ
morale on the British home front ⓘ
political attitudes ⓘ
religious beliefs ⓘ
field anthropology ⓘ
cultural history ⓘ
social research ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
focus British society ⓘ
everyday life ⓘ
public opinion ⓘ
working-class life ⓘ
foundedBy Charles Madge ⓘ
Humphrey Jennings ⓘ
Tom Harrisson ⓘ
hasFormat directive-based diaries ⓘ
thematic surveys ⓘ
unstructured diaries ⓘ
hasPart Mass-Observation Panel ⓘ
linked to: Mass-Observation

National Panel of Volunteer Observers ⓘ
inception 1937 ⓘ
influenced British social history ⓘ
oral history movement ⓘ
qualitative sociology in Britain ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterActivity post-war commercial market research ⓘ
locationFounded Britain ⓘ
linked to: Great Britain
methodUsed diary ⓘ
participant observation ⓘ
qualitative research ⓘ
survey ⓘ
notablePeriod Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
periodOfMainActivity 1940s ⓘ
late 1930s ⓘ
usedVolunteerContributors yes ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Home Intelligence reports → relatedTo → Mass-Observation ⓘ
Tarik O'Regan → notableWork → Mass Observation ⓘ
linked to: Mass-Observation
Mass-Observation → hasPart → Mass-Observation Panel ⓘ
linked to: Mass-Observation
Mass-Observation → archivesAt → Mass-Observation Archive ⓘ
linked to: Mass-Observation